- Hashire Melos!
Infobox animanga/Header
name = Hashire Melos!
caption =
ja_name = 走れメロス
ja_name_trans = Run Melos!
genre = Adventure, DramaInfobox animanga/Movie
title =
director =Tomoharu Katsumata
writer =Keinosuke Uekusa
music =Katsuhiro Tsuboiri
studio = flagicon|JapanToei Animation
released =February 7 ,1981
runtime = 68 minutesInfobox animanga/Movie
title =
director =Masaaki Osumi
writer =Masaaki Osumi
music =Kazumasa Oda
studio = flagicon|JapanToei Animation
licensor = flagicon|MexicoVideomax
released =July 25 ,1992
runtime = 107 minutesNihongo|"Hashire Melos!"|走れメロス!|Run Melos! is the title of two Japanese animated films. The first was directed by
Tomoharu Katsumata and released on Japanese television on February 7, 1981. It was either 68 or 87 minutes long, and its official title did not include the exclamation mark on the end.The second, "with" the exclamation mark, was a 107-minute remake of the first and was released on July 25, 1992. It featured direction and screenplay by
Masaaki Osumi , music byKazumasa Oda , art byHiroyuki Okiura andSatoshi Kon , and background art byHiroshi Ohno .Both were produced by Toei Company Ltd. Visual 80, and both were based on the original short story written by
Osamu Dazai in 1940.Plot
The movie tells the story of Melos, a Greek country man that gets arrested an accused of conspiracy against the king. He gets three days to travel to his sister's wedding while Selinentius (Selinae), a genius sculptor that Melos just met stays as a hostage.
Cast for the 1992 film
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Akina Nakamori as Melos' sister.
*Kōichi Yamadera as Melos.
*Megumi Hayashibara as Clair.
*Shinji Ogawa as Serinentius.
*Takuma Gōno as Pipor.ee also
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List of animated feature films External links
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3878 "Hashire Melos" (original) at the Anime News Network]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1700 "Hashire Melos!" (remake) at the Anime News Network]
* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/62382-Hashire_Melos.html "Hashire Melos" at the Big Cartoon Database]
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